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Generally favorable reviews- based on 73 Ratings
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Mixed: 15 out of 73
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Negative: 8 out of 73
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Nov 11, 2016Effusively boring and uninspiring. Kitsch conscious. A coca-cola of a hip hop album. Even stoned, I have to force myself to keep listening. I wanted to like it because I respect and love a lot of his earlier work (Be was great when it came out), but meh.
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Jan 10, 2017In a year of political and social upheaval in 2016 he reached deep down to make a very personal statement from beginning to end on Black America Again and it shows in every word he wrote.
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The WireDec 21, 2016Building a strong, solid foundation for his skyscraper of words, the rapper channels everyone from Malcolm X to James Brown into a mountainous manifesto of beautiful blackness that is reflective of the struggle for dignity and equality, while also working towards the banishment of stereotypes. [Jan 2017, p.61]
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Q MagazineDec 13, 2016Uneven as it may be, Black America Again is a stirring reminder of the Chicago MC's relevance. [Feb 2017, p.113]